How important is the shows naming ...

The names didn't stop me from seeing either one! I saw Urinetown twice!

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[Quote] Nothing can kill a show quite like an awful name... except perhaps too much exposition. [/Quote]

Clever hahah.

Updated On: 2/15/14 at 09:25 PM

I am not saying it flopped by any means i think its a great show, but could have done much better with a better name

WICKED ...thats a great name

Dance with the Vampires ...hmmm I am not sure on that one

I think sometimes a shows "bad" title is part of what captures people's interest. I remember when I heard about Urinetown, I was kind of confused but I thought it sounded really different.
Plus, a lot of the jokes of that show come from making fun of the awful title.

I think Drowsy has grown on me, and their initial ad campaign was pretty brilliant about dealing with that. But I remember several years ago when I was out with a group of friends and one announced, "Hey, I just got a show! It stars Sutton Foster, it's called The Drowsy Chaperone." And we were all like, WHAT!? Well by the time it comes to Broadway it will have a different name, right? And we all kept saying, "What's the name of your show again? Something about the sleepy what?" It was months before I could remember the name of it, which probably had more to do with the fact that people started talking about it. But I'm glad to see it's been pretty successful.